As I said before.. when it comes to HHN, nothing is ever official until the event actually begins (and even then its not always the case)... Considering that both lists pretty much match up more or less... As much as the line-up doesn't thrill me, I'd say believe it for now, especially since the event is 69 days away.
And yea, from the list I was shown, it had Crimson Peak on the Metro sets. That & Halloween could've been swapped around originally but maybe changed recently for whatever reason. We'll obviously be able to know for sure once façade construction begins for Parisian (unless the maze for that location is announced first)..
The reason why I believe the 6 mazes vs 7 is due to last year's BS excuse for not having a show. If you remember, the reason being spewed from Murdy/UNI was because they decided to do a 7th maze instead. So going by Universal's flawed logic, they give us a new show, they remove a maze. I don't agree with it, nor do I like it, but it is something they'd do.
I'd say just keep an eye out while on the Studio Tour over the next week or two when you're passing through the Metro Sets/heading up to the picture cars. I'd love for my source to be wrong, but he hasn't been so far (except for those Potter spires
). Hopefully we will see 2 metro tents go up.
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haha... Freak, you pretty much channeled my rage towards HHN for the most part lol... I would love to go back to Orlando for a weekend this year... mostly B&T reasons of course. But yea.. I can relate to the frustration for HHN here (as well as on the east coast).